1377 – Shahrukh Mirza, Ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (1405-47), born in Samarkand, Uzbekistan (d. 1447)
1720 – Bernard de Bury, French musician and composer, born in Versailles, France (d. 1785)
1889 – Witold Friemann, Polish composer, born in Konin, Poland (d. 1977)
1938 – Jean-Loup Chrétien, French cosmonaut (T-6, TM-7, STS 86), born in La Rochelle, France
1942 – Fred Norman, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds), born in San Antonio, Texas
1949 – Alan Hardwick, English TV presenter, born in Staveley, Derbyshire, England
1955 – Ned Overend, Taipei Taiwan, cyclist (Olympics 1996)
1961 – Joe Pasquale, English comedian (King of the Jungle – I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! 2004 4th series), born in Grays, Essex, England
1961 – Greg Egan, Australian science fiction and hard science author, born in Perth, Australia
1977 – Felipe Contepomi, Argentine rugby player and coach, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Famous Birthdays for 19th August 2020
1398 – Marqués de Santillana, Castilian politician and poet (serranillas), born in Carrión de los Condes, Spain (d. 1458)
1790 – Edward John Dent, British clockmaker to Queen Victoria and commissioned to make Big Ben, London (completed after his death by his son Frederick Dent), born in London, England (d. 1853)
1906 – Philo T Farnsworth, American inventor (created electronic television, video camera tube), born in Beaver, Utah (d. 1971)
1946 – Charles F Bolden Jr, astronaut (STS 61C, 31, 45, 60), born in Columbia, South Carolina
1962 – Tammy Bruce, American political commentator
1967 – Satya Nadella, Indian-American businessman (CEO of Microsoft), born in Hyderabad
1969 – Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, Japanese baseball player
1972 – Sammi Cheng [Sau Man], Hong Kong singer and actress (Internal Affairs), born in Hong Kong
1982 – Melissa Fumero [Gallo], American actress (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), born in Lyndhurst, New Jersey
1982 – J. J. Hardy, American baseball player
Famous Birthdays for 18th August 2020
1606 – Maria Anna of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress and Queen of Hungary, born in El Escorial, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain (d. 1646)
1611 – Ludwika Maria Gonzaga, French princess and queen of Poland, born in Nevers, France (d. 1667)
1900 – Walter O’Keefe, songwriter/TV host (Mayor of Hollywood), born in Hartford, Connecticut
1917 – Casper Weinberger, US Secretary of Defense (1981-87)
1927 – Rosalynn Smith Carter, American 1st lady (1977-1981), born in Plains, Georgia
1930 – Liviu Librescu, Israeli professor, killed in the Virginia Tech massacre
1934 – Vincent Bugliosi, American attorney and author (Helter-Skelter), born in Hibbing, Minnesota (d. 2015)
1964 – Kenny Walker, American basketball player, born in Roberta, Georgia
1965 – Jim Florentine, American comedian, born in Brooklyn, New York
1994 – Jessie Flower [Michaela Murphy], American actress (Avatar: The Last Airbender), born in Southern Indiana
Famous Birthdays for 17th August 2020
1753 – Josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828)
1911 – Jan Lode Cantens, Flemish dramatist (God’s Murderer)
1918 – Mort Marshall [Mortimer Haig Lichtenstein], American actor (Kiss Me Deadly, Dumplings), born in NYC, New York (d. 1979)
1920 – Georgia Gibbs, singer (Ballin the Jack, Kiss of Fire), born in Worcester, Massachusetts
1928 – T.J. [Thomas Jefferson] Anderson, American composer, born in Coatesville, Pennsylvania
1957 – Robin Cousins, British figure skater (Olympic gold 1980), born in Bristol, England
1960 – Sean Penn, actor (Fast Times at Ridgemont High), born in Santa Monica, California
1965 – Steve Gorman, Hopkinsville Ky, rock drummer (Black Crowes)
1967 – Nelson Emerson, Hamilton, NHL right wing (Hartford Whalers)
1986 – Rudy Gay, American basketball player
Famous Birthdays for 16th August 2020
1401 – Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, dauphine of France (d. 1436)
1836 – John Farmer, English composer, born in Nottingham (d. 1901)
1907 – Alexander Uriah Boskovich, Israeli composer, born in Kolozsvár, Transylvania, Austria-Hungary (d. 1964)
1930 – Robert Culp, American actor, screenwriter, voice actor, and director (I Spy, Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice), born in Oakland, California (d. 2010)
1938 – Oleg Grigoryevich Kononenko, Russian cosmonaut
1939 – Sir Trevor Mcdonald, Trinidadian-born British television newsreader
1956 – Daniel Willems, Belgian cyclist
1958 – Angela Bassett, American actress (What’s Love Got to Do With It), born in NYC, New York
1977 – Tamer Hosny, Egyptian singer and actor, born in Cairo, Egypt
1980 – Robert “Bob” Hardy, English musician (Franz Ferdinand), born in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Famous Birthdays for 15th August 2020
1432 – Luigi Pulci, Italian poet (Morgante), born in Florence, Italy (d. 1484)
1823 – Orris Sanford Ferry, American lawyer, politician and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Bethel, Connecticut (d. 1875)
1916 – Aleks Çaçi, Albanian writer (That way Myzeqe), born in Palasë, Himara, Albania (d. 1989)
1931 – Janice Rule, American actress (Alvarez Kelly, Doctor’s Wife), born in Norwood, Ohio (d. 2003)
1941 – Viktor Mikhailovich Pisarev, Russian cosmonaut
1943 – Eni Faleomavaega, American-Samoan politician (3rd Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa), born in Vailoatai, American Samoa (d. 2017)
1945 – Thomas C. Sawyer, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio), born in Akron, Ohio
1951 – Bobby Caldwell, American singerr (“What You Won’t Do for Love”), born in NYC, New York
1972 – Ben Affleck, American actor (Armageddon, Pearl Harbor), born in Berkeley, California
1989 – Belinda [Belinda Peregrín Schüll], Mexican singer, songwriter and actress, born in Madrid, Spain
Famous Birthdays for 14th August 2020
1297 – Emperor Hanazono, 95th Emperor of Japan (d. 1348)
1742 – Pius VII [Luigi Barnaba Gregorio Chiaramonti], Italian bishop of Imola and Pope (1800-23), born in Cesena, Italy (d. 1823)
1876 – Sibilla Aleramo [Rina Faccio], Italian feminist and poet (Una Donna), born in Alessandria, Italy (d. 1960)
1911 – Ethel Lois Payne, American civil rights journalist and “1st Lady of the Black Press”, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1991)
1928 – Lina Wertmüller [Arcangela Braueich], Italian screenwriter, film director, and 1st woman nominated for an Academy Award for Directing (Seven Beauties), born in Rome, Italy
1943 – Barrie Leadbeater, English cricketer and umpire, born in Harehills, Leeds
1945 – Tony Scannel, Irish actor (Bill, Blue Money), born in Kinsale, Ireland
1951 – Peter Blegvad, American musician (Slapp Happy), born in New York City, New York
1978 – Kate Ritchie, Australian actress, born in Goulburn, Australia
1988 – Shahd Barmada, Syrian pop singer, born in Aleppo, Syria
Famous Birthdays for 13th August 2020
1752 – Maria Carolina of Austria, Queen of the Two Sicilies, born in Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna (d. 1814)
1820 – Joseph Alberdingk Thijm, Dutch poet (Dietsche Warande), born in Amsterdam (d. 1889)
1867 – William Alexander Craigie, Scottish lexicographer (Skotlands Rimur), born in Dundee, Scotland (d. 1957)
1902 – Alan Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury, British business executive, born in London (d. 1998)
1913 – Albert Oram, Baron Oram, British Labour politician, born in Winchester, England (d. 1999)
1945 – Howard Marks, British drug dealer and author (Mr Nice), born in Kenfig Hill, Wales (d. 2016)
1948 – Tony Santini [Scott Powell], American rocker (Sha Na Na), born in Dallas, Texas
1951 – Jeff Altman, American comedian and actor (Nurses, Pink Lady, Soul Man), born in Syracuse, New York
1959 – Bruce French, English cricketer (England wicketkeeper in 16 Tests 1986-88), born in Market Warsop, Nottinghamshire, England
1961 – Tom Perrotta, American novelist (Little Children), born in Newark, New Jersey
Famous Birthdays for 12th August 2020
1592 – Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden)
1686 – John Balguy, English philosopher (d. 1748)
1910 – Heinrich Sutermeister, Swiss composer (Romeo and Juliet)
1910 – Baroness Phillips, pres/general secretary (National Association of Women)
1911 – Cantinflas [Mario Moreno], Mexican actor (Around World in 80 Days, Pepe), born in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico (d. 1993)
1927 – Porter Wagoner, country singer, discovered Dolly Parton (Y’All Come), (d. 2007)
1951 – Charles E Brady Jr, Pinehurst NC, Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS 78)
1973 – Latasha Byears, WNBA guard (Sacramento Monarchs)
1977 – Plaxico Burress, American football player
1983 – Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Dutch footballer
Famous Birthdays for 11th August 2020
1836 – Warren Brown, American politician (d. 1919)
1858 – Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and bacteriologist (Nobel Prize in Medicine-1929), born in Nijkerk, Netherlands (d. 1930)
1888 – Owen Nares [Ramsay], British actor and manager (Maiden Erleigh), born in Maiden Erlegh, Berks, England (d. 1943)
1897 – Louise Bogan, Maine, writer (Sleeping Fury)
1907 – Ted a’Beckett, cricketer (Australian Test player)
1911 – Ronald Batty, bookseller
1927 – Len Rempt-Halmmans de Jongh, Dutch politician (VVD)
1972 – Curtis Ceaser, NFL wide receiver (NY Jets)
1972 – Jonathon Prandi, American model
1977 – Gemma Hayes, Irish born singer